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Walter Pincus
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2013
What are the next steps in the Iran nuclear deal?
The interim agreement with Iran recognizes that Tehran's nuclear program is not going away, and that neither tougher sanctions nor the threat of military strikes can change that.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2013
Foley tribute has important lessons for Congress
The U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall last week became a lecture room for some lawmakers to learn about the secret of 'old school' success in bipartisan House leadership.
COMMENTARY
Oct 24, 2013
New lever for reducing the U.S. nuclear arsenal
The threat of the continuing U.S. budget sequester could succeed in yielding rational changes to the U.S. nuclear weapons program — a goal that simple logic has failed to achieve.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2013
The data mining of social media: Get used to it
Many people love the convenience of cellphones and ever more social media applications. What many don't focus on is how easily outsiders can invade their lives.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2013
Focus on facts, not fear, in a public NSA debate
It's time for a meaningful public debate about how NSA's communications data collection programs actually operate, not just the potential dangers they may pose.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2013
In electronic snooping, level of oversight is key
Americans are learning what electronics whizzes and hackers have known all along — that computers and smartphones, which make our lives more productive and entertaining, have at the same time ended privacy as most of us have understood it.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2013
Surveillance controversy illuminated by history
The American public at large is more accepting of the government's involvement in their lives than a 29-year-old former NSA contractor appears to believe.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2013
No heroes in AP news leak
Whoever provided the initial leak to the Associated Press in April 2012 not only broke the law but caused the abrupt end to a secret, joint U.S./Saudi/British operation in Yemen that offered valuable intelligence against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2013
Creating roadblocks to cuts in nuclear arms
U.S. congressional dysfunction on defense rears its head when a subcommittee chair threatens to withhold funds for implementing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2013
Barren legal ground for U.S. airstrikes in Syria
Would the U.S. have any legal justification for launching airstrikes against Syrian government radars, antiaircraft sites and air bases — and killing civilians?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2013
Young Kim pushing harder than ever
How provocative has the United States been to North Korea?
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2013
U.S. takes lead on missile defense
The United States has quietly taken on the huge task of trying to organize regional ballistic missile defense networks, not only among NATO countries, but also in East Asia and the Middle East.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2013
A post-Assad Syria can't grab the attention of Capitol Hill
As Capitol Hill fields calls for U.S. military intervention in Syria, it fails to consider whether a post-Assad Syria would pose tougher problems than Iraq.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Lessons from the Iraq War are there for the heeding
Do Obama policymakers really know the economic consequences of beginning military operations in Iran or supplying weapons to Syria's opposition
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2013
An uphill battle to reduce U.S. nuclear arsenal
President Barack Obama will have a harder time getting some Senate Republicans to agree to new reductions in nuclear arsenals than he will Moscow.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2012
High cost of disengagement from Afghanistan
The United States has spent nearly $600 billion over the past 10 years putting combat forces into Afghanistan. Now it's going to cost an additional $5.7 billion over the next year or two just to transfer or return most of the troops and equipment we shipped into that country, according to a new report...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2012
Hard questions about the U.S. nuclear arsenal
We are rightly mourning the horrific killings in Newtown, Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School and discussing the threats posed by semiautomatic rifles.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2012
Ceasefire tests five leaders
The diplomatic activities under the current Gaza ceasefire will test whether a quintet of leaders — each with his own domestic critics — can find a peaceful rather than a military solution to the Palestinian situation. The ceasefire language was direct but ambiguous: "Israel should stop all hostilities...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2012
Middle East buildup refutes critics of Obama
Here are some facts that should be considered by those who criticize the Barack Obama administration for "leading from behind" in the troubled Middle East.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2012
Turning swords into plowshares, and back again
How long does it take for enemies to become allies, and allies to become enemies?
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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